I tried. This week I really tried to embrace ‘Wordless Wednesday’. I decided the subject I’d be artfully conveying ‘sans dialog’ after visiting a fab restaurant in Denver last weekend, Kevin Taylor’s Prima Restorante. I was served the most festive cocktail garnish ever! Now that I talk to any employee of a restaurant about the…
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Winter Salad with Hot Cranberry Dressing & Baked Salmon with Curly Kale
As promised I am sharing another favorite, lesser known seasonal cookbook. If you might be fortunate to hail from the Pacific Northwest you undoubtedly know of Ann Lovejoy. She’s an accomplished author in the cookbook and gardening genres. I first came upon Fresh From The Garden Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Kitchen Gardens in a local Boulder bookstore…
Lesa Heebner ‘Cooking with the Seasons’: The Author’s Thoughts
Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway to win a copy of Lesa Heebner’s cookbook ‘Cooking with the Seasons’. I compiled all entries (including multiple entries for those who did more than one thing) and using Random.org selected a winner at (of course) random. I am delighted to be sending a copy of Cooking…
Potato Latkes with Roasted Spiced Applesauce & Sour Cream {for Hanukkah or anytime!}
Hanukkah begins after sunset Wednesday December 1 this year (2010) and though I’m not Jewish far be it for me to let a festive occasion involving food pass by without getting into the mix. Like birthday cake, those foods which mark a holiday shape of the joy of the season, often feeling out of context when…
Butternut Squash Soup with Cayenne & Curried Chicken Breast with Chard
It is hard to believe there was a time the seasons did not dictate my diet. Eating seasonally drives all my food decisions now. I truly cannot imagine going back to the random recipe picking and seeking ingredients regardless of the origin, seasonality or cost and nutrient implications from being out of season. There…
International Guest Post: Transplanted Dubliner Gives the Low Down on Thai Street Food in Bangkok
I’m very fortunate to have my friends scattered all over the globe AND they all like food. A number of them are transplanted ex-pat’s who bring a fresh (and usually very funny) perspective to their new food encounters. I’ve convinced each of them to do a guest piece about food in their new native land….
Creamy Pumpkin Rice Pudding
Have you noticed all the magazine discontinuations over the past couple years? I’ve had a number of subscriptions that have failed and were mysteriously replaced with a different publication without querying me about my interest. In one of these situations I was sent Better Homes and Gardens magazine. I’ll put myself out there to say I secretly thought I was…
